New Music: Will Smith – “Friend Like Me” (feat. DJ Khaled)
Will Smith is set to play Genie in the upcoming, live-adaption of the classic “Aladdin,” and now Will decides to let loose his new single off the soundtrack. Here’s what he said about the record;
I went into the studio the first day and I really wanted to play with it to see if I could add something to it. Literally 30 minutes in the studio, and started to play with the song and the 94/96 BPM range. That BPM range is right old school hip hop. So I grabbed The Honey Drippers’ “Impeach Your President” and I had them throw that breakbeat under there. I messed around with that. And I messed around with Erik B. and Rakim’s “I Know You Got Soul” under “Friend Like Me.” And I was like, “Oh my god, I’m home!” I started playing with the hip hop flavor, and the Genie was really born in my mind from the music.
Stream “Friend Like Me” featuring DJ Khaled below.
